Black History Month Featured Speakers
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Friday, February 6, 2009: 4:30-6pm
Black History Month Featured Speaker
Black Caucus Reception
Keynote Address by Yewande Austin
Rangos Ballroom, University Center
Hosted by the Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSO), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), SPIRIT, Black Business Association (BBA), and the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs
RSVP Required to mssmith@andrew.cmu.edu or 412.268.2075.
Focus the Nation Concert featuring Ms. Austin to immediately follow keynote address.
Yewande Austin is the President and founder of the Change Rock Institute, a company dedicated to producing award-winning multicultural and empowerment programs across the nation. In the past he has been the owner of Lotus Records, a consultant at Independent Marketing, and the Marketing Manager at HBO. She has formal music studies at Howard University and the Carnegie Mellon University Conservatory of Music and is currently at the University of Sheffield where she is pursuing a joint M.A./Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology with a focus on the psychological impact of music. She is also a singer recognized for her unique talents and powerful message. For more information, visit Yewande Austin's website.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009: 4:30pm
Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Lecture and Discussion: History of Rap and Hip-Hop
University Lecture Series talk by Jeff Chang
Hosted by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, Department of English, Graduate Student Assembly
Jeff Chang is an award-winning writer, specializing in culture, politics, the arts, and music. Jeff was a founding editor of ColorLines magazine, and a Senior Editor/Director at Russell Simmons' 360hiphop.com. In 1993, he co-founded and ran the influential hip-hop indie label, SoleSides, now Quannum Projects, and he has helped produce over a dozen records. He was also an organizer of the National Hip-Hop Political Convention and has served as a board member for several organizations working for change through youth and community organizing, media justice, culture, the arts, and hip-hop activism.
For more information, visit the Can't Stop Won't Stop website.
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Friday, February 13, 2009: 12:30pm
Black History Month Featured Speaker
Presentation with Q & A by Panther Bior
Featured in the documentary film God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan (2006)
Hosted by Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment (FORGE) and Student Affairs. Free boxed lunch for participants. Tickets will be available at the University Center Info Desk or by contacting mssmith@andrew.cmu.edu.
Panther Bior is a Sudanese refugee featured in the documentary film God Grew Tired of Us. This documentary is about the journey of young men across the hostile African terrain with the hopes of escaping death and the memories of their murdered families that plague their minds.
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Monday, February 16, 2009: 4:30pm
Workshop and Discussion on Black Entrepreneurship in Film
Featuring Tommy Oliver
Hosted by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs
Tommy Oliver is the Founder and director of photography of Black Squirrel Films. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Digital Media and Economics.
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Friday, February 20, 2009: 4:30-6:30pm
Steinberg Auditorium: Baker Hall A53
CAUSE Lecture: Racial Politics in a Racial Democracy: Afro-Brazilian Civil Rights Movements, 1945-present
Lecture by Dr. George Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
4:30pm: refreshments
5-6:30pm: lecture and discussion
George Reid Andrews’ publications include Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000 (2004), Blacks and Whites in São Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988 (1991), and The Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires, 1800-1900 (1980). He is currently writing a history of Afro-Uruguayan political and cultural movements from the mid-1800s to the present.
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